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'Midsummer in Newtown' does not oversell the restorative power of artThe documentary depicts a group of artists from New York who聽came to Newtown in the wake of the tragedy to stage a production of 鈥淎 Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream鈥� with the local schoolchildren, almost all of whom were present when the shooting took place.聽
'The Salesman' isn't director Asghar Farhadi's best but offers glints of what often makes him one of best directors around'Salesman' stars Shahab Hosseini as a high school literature teacher in Tehran, Iran, who moves with his wife after their building's infrastructure collapses. The movie was recently nominated for the Oscar for the best foreign language film.
Oscar nominees 'Moonlight,' 'Manchester' will screen in more theaters 鈥� do Oscar nods help bottom line?Multiple best picture nominees will be screening in more theaters now that they've received Oscar nods. Can awards season attention help a film's box office success, too?
First LookIn more diverse Oscars year, African-American actress Viola Davis sets recordViola Davis is the first-ever African-American actress to get three nominations at the Oscars. What history tells us about diversity in Hollywood.聽
Oscars 2017: This year's nominees tell a different storyThe seven minority actors nominated tie the record set in 2007. But some culture watchers say the behind-the-scenes nominations may be even more important for Hollywood 鈥� both for long-term diversity and increasing the variety of stories told.
First Look2017 Academy Award nominees: A breakthrough on diversity?The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences broke its two-year streak of nominating only white actors with the inclusion of multiple actors of color. But studies show minorities and women are still few and far between in Hollywood.
Amazon as Hollywood powerhouse: Oscar nods for 'Manchester by the Sea'Amazon's movie 'Manchester' has received multiple Oscar nominations, putting the company ahead of rivals such as Netflix and Hulu and proving that streaming services can release acclaimed movies as well as TV shows.
Oscar nominations: Could 'La La Land' actually win?Oscar nominations will be announced on Jan. 24. The movie musical, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, lacks聽a connection to a widely known stage play but still managed to聽become a surprising box office success.聽
Box Office: M. Night Shyamalan's 'Split' Dominates U.S. Box Office With $40.2 MillionVin Diesel's 'xXx: Return of Xander Cage' came second, with Paramount funding the action flick along with two Chinese companies. The three companies announced a three-year $1 billion co-financing deal on Thursday.
Here's how the film 'The Founder' recreated spots that featured in McDonald's founder Ray Kroc's lifeIn the movie 'The Founder,' the first McDonald's restaurants in Schaumburg, Waukegan, Milwaukee and other Midwestern places look as if they've been photographed at their original sites.聽Nope. It's all Hollywood sleight-of-eye magic.
'Split' doesn't deviate from director-writer M. Night Shyamalan's standard fare'Split' stars James McAvoy as a man with dissociative identity disorder who has kidnapped three teenage girls. Betty Buckley co-stars.
'The Founder' doesn't take a stand for or against protagonist's avarice'Founder' stars Michael Keaton as McDonald's businessman Ray Kroc. Nick Offerman and John Carroll Lynch are both excellent as the team behind a California burger stand who encounter Ray.
'The Red Turtle' has a quietly breathtaking delicacy'Red' is the first international co-production of Japan's famed Studio Ghibli,聽and in its hushed evocation of nature鈥檚 mystic mysteries, it summons at its best the work of the studio鈥檚 founders, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata.
Fans learn more about 'Deadpool' sequel (Pierce Brosnan?) as first film nears Oscars'Deadpool 2' writers discuss how they'll adapt a famous comic book character for the upcoming 'Deadpool' sequel, while nominations rolling in for the first movie suggest it could be an Oscars contender.
First Look'Hidden Figures' tops box office as non-franchise, female-led movie continues to dominate'Hidden,' the story of African-American women whose calculations helped launch John Glenn into space, came in at number one at the domestic box office for the second weekend in a row. The film stars聽Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Mon谩e.- First LookHow hundreds of girls are seeing 'Hidden Figures' for freeSeveral people, including a teen from Florida, have launched fundraising campaigns with the goal of sending groups of girls to see 'Hidden Figures,' a movie that tells the little-known story of three black women working at NASA.
'Live By Night' director Ben Affleck: 'While I have nothing against movies with people with capes on ... I don't think we should be limited to that genre'Affleck directs and stars in the movie 'Live,' which expanded on Jan. 13 from its initial limited release. 'When I had the success of 'Argo,' I kind of got to leverage that,' he said. 'It was sort of pick what you want to do and this is what I wanted to do. I wanted to make a classic Warners picture.'
'Patriots Day': Does Mark Wahlberg's fictional treatment add anything?'Patriots' stars Mark Wahlberg as a police sergeant who becomes involved in the events surrounding the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Nothing in the movie rises above聽the level of a good action thriller.
鈥楽ilence鈥� falls short in portraying true religious feelingMartin Scorsese鈥檚 latest stars Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, and Y么suke Kubozuka and聽is powerful and somnolent.
Doing the math: Why 'Hidden Figures' adds up for moviegoers'Hidden Figures,' starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and聽Janelle Mon谩e, is 'a ray of optimism' that reveals how African-American women helped launch John Glenn into orbit.
